Tag Archives: NYC

Report: SF Cops ID’d Mangione Four Days Before Arrest

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: San Francisco police recognized the man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan as possibly being Luigi Mangione and contacted the FBI four days before his high-profile arrest, two sources familiar with the matter told the Chronicle. Authorities have said that when Mangione was arrested Monday at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., …

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Vance To Host Subway Vigilante At Army-Navy Game

The Hill reports: Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio) confirmed Friday that he invited Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran recently acquitted of murder charges in New York, to be his guest at the Army-Navy football game over the weekend. The defendant had originally been charged with manslaughter in the death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely, a homeless man who had been shouting …

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Adams Buddies Up To Homan: We Have The Same Goal

NBC News reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, met with incoming border czar Tom Homan on Thursday, a meeting that both men described in positive terms. “His goal is the same goal I have,” Adams said at a press conference following the meeting. “We cannot allow dangerous individuals to commit repeated violent acts of violence in our …

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McDonald’s Worker May Get $60K Bounty…Eventually

The Washington Post reports: The pool of money, which includes $50,000 from the FBI and $10,000 from New York Police Department Crime Stoppers, could be awarded to an unidentified fast food worker, who called 911 after recognizing 26-year-old Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Federal agencies require a conviction before payment, but local Crime Stoppers units might offer …

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NYPD Warns Insurance Execs Of “Online Hit Lists”

ABC News reports: A New York Police Department bulletin issued Tuesday emphasized the heightened risk environment for health care executives following last week’s brazen killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Viral posts online have listed the names and salaries of several health insurance executives, multiple “Wanted” signs featuring corporate executives have been posted throughout Manhattan and users on social …

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NYT: Mangione’s Notebook Laid Out Shooting Plans

The New York Times reports: Luigi Mangione, who has been charged with killing Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthCare, was found with a notebook that detailed plans for the shooting, according to two law enforcement officials. The notebook described going to a “bean-counter” conference and killing an executive, the officials said. “What do you do? You wack the CEO …

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“Delay, Deny” Insurance Book Tops Bestsellers Lists

CNN reports: A book published in 2010 critical of the US insurance industry — and whose title appears similar to words found on shell casings near where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed — has risen to number two on Amazon’s nonfiction best sellers list. The book, “Delay, Deny, Defend: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can …

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Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner Files Bid For NYC Council Seat

NY1 reports: Former Congressman Anthony Weiner is starting to plan a political comeback, filing paperwork with the city’s Campaign Finance Board to run for a City Council seat on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Weiner went to federal prison in connection to a sexting scandal involving a minor, but that’s not derailing him from considering a return to the political arena. …

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Lawyer: Mangione Contests Extradition To New York

The New York Times reports: A suspect charged with murder in New York in the assassination of the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare in Midtown Manhattan will fight extradition to New York to face murder charges, potentially keeping him in custody in Pennsylvania for weeks. “He is contesting it,” said his lawyer, Thomas Dickey. The suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged …

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Mangione Shouts To Press Outside Extradition Hearing: “An Insult To The Intelligence Of The American People”

CBS News reports: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in last week’s killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s in New York City, is expected to face an extradition hearing on murder charges on Tuesday afternoon. He is currently being held without bail in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where authorities say the extradition process could take days, if not weeks. Investigators are now pouring …

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Amazon Pulls Listings For Merch Praising Assassin

The Washington Post reports: Even before police identified a person of interest in the hunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, merchandise proclaiming an apparent message that police found at the scene of the shooting began appearing at craft fairs and online shopping platforms. Pint glasses, wine tumblers, sweatshirts and baseball caps emblazoned with the phrase “Deny, Defend, …

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Mangione Family “Shocked” By Arrest Of Alleged Killer

The Baltimore Banner reports: The Mangione family is “shocked” by the arrest of Luigi Mangione, according to a statement shared on social media late Monday night. In a statement, the family said it could not comment on “news reports regarding Luigi Mangione,” a Maryland native, who was arrested on gun charges in Pennsylvania on Monday morning and is a person …

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UnitedHealth Suspect Charged With Murder By NYPD

ABC News reports: Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, according to an online court docket. Mangione, a 26-year-old from Maryland, was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, for gun charges ahead of him being charged by the New York Police Department on Monday. The NYPD also charged Mangione …

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UnitedHealth Suspect Arraigned In Altoona, PA [VIDEO]

The National Desk reports: On Monday afternoon, the NYPD and FBI arrived in Altoona to interview the suspect, Rep. John Joyce, R-Pa., told CNN. Mangione would need to be extradited to New York to face any charges related to the killing there. A preliminary arraignment for Mangione was held at approximately 6 p.m. Monday at the Blair County Court House. …

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Alleged Gunman Raged About Corporate “Parasites”

CNN reports: A multi-page, handwritten document was recovered from the person of interest arrested in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday. “We don’t think there’s any specific threats to other people mentioned in that document, but it does seem that he has some ill will towards corporate America,” Kenny said. “He was in possession …

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LIVE VIDEO: NYC Mayor Speaks On Shooting Suspect

The New York Times reports: The man being questioned in Altoona in connection with the killing of Brian Thompson is Luigi Mangione, 26, according to three law enforcement officials. Mangione, who was detained in a McDonald’s this morning, was carrying identification with his name on it, along with fake I.D., one of the officials said. He has not been charged …

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Jury Acquits Man In NYC Subway Stranglehold Killing

The Associated Press reports: Daniel Penny, the veteran who used a chokehold on subway rider Jordan Neely, has been acquitted in Neely’s death. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. The verdict was unanimous. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed earlier in deliberations because the jury deadlocked …

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Manhunt For UnitedHealth Gunman Enters Sixth Day

CNN reports: As the manhunt for a still-unidentified suspect in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan continues on its sixth day, police are missing key pieces of evidence and combing through what they have gathered for more clues. The NYPD is working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies across the country to search for …

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NYC Mayor Claims NYPD Knows Name Of Gunman

CBS News reports: Police believe the suspect used a B&T Station SIX pistol to carry out the shooting, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. Investigators have been visiting gun dealers in Connecticut looking for where it may have been purchased. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who spoke to reporters at a Police Athletic League …

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ABC: Gunman’s Backpack Contained Monopoly Money

ABC News reports: The backpack recovered by the NYPD that allegedly belonged to the suspect wanted in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, only had two items inside: a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and Monopoly money, sources with knowledge of the ongoing investigation told ABC News Saturday. The NYPD believes it is making good progress toward identifying the suspect but, …

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